BAGHDAD, July 1 (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed five policemen in Ramadi on Sunday in the Sunni-dominated province of Anbar, Iraqi police said.

Police Captain Abbas al-Dulaimi said the attack was aimed at a police station in the eastern side of Ramadi, a restive city 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad.

Dulaimi said 14 people had been wounded in the blast, including three policemen, and he warned that the casualty count might rise.

Ramadi and other towns in Anbar were hotbeds of anti-U.S. insurgent activity until recent months. Security conditions began improving after some local tribes turned against Sunni Islamist al Qaeda militants operating on their turf.

U.S. military commanders hold up progress in Anbar as a significant success since they launched a security clampdown in February to stop sectarian violence tipping the country into full-scale civil war.

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